Tab for garments.



No. 643,238. Patented Feb. l3, I900. S. A. SAEGER.

TAB FOB GABMENTS.

(No Model.)

llnrTnn STATES PATENT QFFICE.

SALLIE A. SAEGER, OF ALLENTOWVN, PENNSYLVANIA.

TAB FOR GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,238, dated February 13, 1900. Application filed March 8, 1898. Serial No. 673,062. (No model.)

To all whom it may COW/06777,.

Be it known that 1, SALLIE A. SAEGER, a resident of Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachable and Detachable Tabs for Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Straps and suspensory or loop tabs as applied to many garments-say, for instance, to the under side of the waistbands of boys pantaloons are usually not removable nor capable of being repaired when the loop or strap breaks. They are generally fastened to the waistband by a metallic eyelet, which must remain in the garment after the strap or loop hasbecome worn out, broken, and useless. To afford some means for buttoning and holding up the garment in this emergency, it has been'usual to provide in advance a special buttonhole in the waistband just above each of such eyelets. In the effort to avoid the labor, expense, and annoyance of such non-removable straps or loops loop-tabs have been made the metallic end clasp of which has a tubular projection and in which and at right angles to the length of the strap or loop is loosely held an ordinary safety-pin. This, while dispensing with the non-removable eyelet and with the auxiliary buttonhole, had serious disadvantages,among which are the following: the space required for this projection and its appended pin are greater than the narrow waistband will permit, and if the loop or strap be an elastic one, as it usually is, it will when in use be stretched upward, so as to be visible above the top of the garment and offend good taste. Another serious objection to this construction is that a direct pull upon the safety-pin tends to bend the pin and release its point from its fastening, thus rendering the whole thing ineffective, or if the pin should slide too far to the right or to the left in this tubular projection the whole thing gets awry and the loop is pulled still farther above the top of the waistband. In my improvement, as will presently be seen, I make a compact device, employing with a loop or strap and its terminal band or clasp a short safety-pin embraced and held to place by the said clasp and applied by the same action which binds and secures the strap or the ends of the loop, the pointed or puncturing arm or member of this pin lying lengthwise, outside of and centrally of the clasp, and its other arm or member also lying lengthwise but inside of said clasp and with its hook or eye turned upward from the bight of the loop and so as to permit the easy fastening or locking of the pin at a pointbetween the ends of the loop.

In the drawings, Figure l-illustrates one of my improved loop-tabs and its fastener as applied to a piece of a waistband. Fig. 2 represents one of such devices detached and showing its pin secured to its under side. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line was of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a longitudinal section on the line y y of Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a clasp detached to show its end-clenching points and indicating other such points in the body of the metal, and Fig. 6 shows my device at both ends of a nonelastic strap.

A indicates the inside of a piece of a waistband devoid of buttonholes; B, my improved loop-tab, I) being the loop, which may be elastic or not, as desired, and which may be of any suitable flexible material, such as leather, cord, leather-covered cord, &c., and either round, square, flat, or otherwise in its crosssection, and in some cases a metallic ring or loop or a strap may be employed.

0 is the metal clamp or clasp, which not only securely fastens to its place the safety-pin device D, but also does this by the same action which fastens the clasp to its loop. The main portion d of the body of tnesafety-pin and also the two ends b b of the loop lie parallel with each other and close together and secured by and within the clasp, and one end 01 of the wire composing the pin is turned upward, as shown at the inner end of the clasp, and is bent into a proper hook or coil with which the pointed end d of the pin may engage, while at or near the outer end of the clasp the wire may be turned upward and then directly back over the edge of the clasp and extend lengthwise over the clasp, and so that when the device by its pin has been fastened to the garment and this pin engaged with its hook or coil the greater part of the body of the pin becomes invisible, (see Fig. 1,) inasmuch as it does not materially extend at either end beyond the clasp, which holds and covers its part 01; nor does this novel construction add perceptibly to the length of the loop, and hence it is adapted for narrow bands, and with the still further advantage that it can be applied at any desired place on the band or on any garment and can be transferred from one place on the garment to any other one, and by having a small supply on hand of such devices any child can apply one in a moment with no need of eyeleting or sewing or of making or using a buttonhole. It will be observed that the greatest strain to which these loops are liable exerts no tendency to unhook the pin, but rather to strengthen its hold, for there is no pull directly at right angles to the length of the pin tending to bend it, but, on the contrary, the pull is at the strongest part and in the line of its length and at that bend which is at the outer edge of the clasp and at the farthest distance from its point. It will also be observed that the pin before being bent back at its middle may be put in after the clamp is closed or partially closed, and thereby the pin will pass through and hold to more or less of the textile covering of the loop and then be bent back over the inner end of the clasp to the position shown in Figs. 2, 4, and 6. This affords an additional means for holding the loop to place in the clamp. Points 0, made on the blank of which the clasp is formed, serve when turned inward to enter the material of the loop to more completely prevent its being pulled out. These points may be at the sides or at the corners of the clasps, as shown, or made by angular cuts in the body of the clamp, as shown in dotted lines at 0 The squeezing of the ends of the loop by one-fold toward the other or by both folds serves not only to bind said ends of the loop, but also to hold the pin in place. None of these points, it will be noticed, are adapted to nor do they penetrate or puncture or clench to or through any garment or article to which the straps or loops are applied in use. On the contrary, their function is merely to assist in aiding to hold the strap or loop to the clamp. It will be further observed that the two straight sides of the clamp have no tongues or puncturing-points, and that when the clam p-blank is bent to place to hold the strap or loop these straight edges come close or near together, as shown in the figures of the drawings. After the clamp has secured the loop ends and the body of the safety-pin within its fold I make a longitudinal indentation c in the clasp, which still further tends not only to hold the parts securely, but-also serves to keep the body of the pin toits proper alinement or position.

The cloth-puncturing part of the device should stand off far enough from the back surface of the clasp C to afford sufficient room between them to take in enough of the fabric or cloth to insure a strong hold upon it, and then the device D, while prevented by the indentation from being swayed or pulled laterally out of line, may yet permit the pin to rock a little on the inclosed portion d as its axis to adapt itself somewhat to the movements of the person.

The clamp has no parts which puncture or cut through the garment or which need to be clenched thereto and needs no addition to it in order to grasp and hold the pin.

This invention contributes largely to the comfort and freedom of movement to the body of the wearer, and in my invention I have sought to attain this more than the mere keeping of the garment in position.

While my invention is more especially adapted for boys pants or other garments for male or female wear, it is also suitable for other uses, such as for hanging curtains or drapery. For this purpose I substitute a metal loop for the cord or flexible one and hang such metal loops on any suitable hooks hung upon the ordinary rings used on ourtain-poles. My device may also be applied to belts. The non-elastic loops when used with my improved device render it very useful for hanging up coats, cloaks, dresses, &c., avoiding the need of tailors or dressmakers stitching a strap or loop to the garment for the purpose.

For non-elastic loops or straps it is some times desirable to place one of my improved pin-clamps at each end of the same, so that it may be attached in place of the customary strap for hanging up mens coats or other gar ments. Here again no sewing is necessary and a new strap can be readily substituted at any time or in traveling when the usual strap gives way. Such a device is shown in Fig. 6.

A strong cord or string covered with a strip of soft leather will make a most durable suspensory or loop for my device when an elastic one is not wanted.

The pin-point and its fastening hook or coil may for convenience in some cases and without detriment extend a little Way, if desired, beyond the inner end of the clasp, as this adds nothing to the length of the device as a whole, but it facilitates the taking hold of the parts to open or close the fastening, the up turned end of the fastening being always within the loop.

Of course it will be understood that the size of the device as a whole or the stiffness of the wire composing the fastening-pin or the special use or garment to which the device is to be applied will determine the requisite nearness of the pin-point and hook to the inner end of the clamp.

It will be understood from the above that the word loop is employed in this applicawith its fastening ends at one end of such clamp, all as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a'loop-tab, the combination with the loop, of a folded clamp arranged lengthwise of the ends of the loop and holding said ends between its folds by having a portion of the clamp forced into said ends and by being squeezed upon them, an attaching safety-pin arranged lengthwise of the clamp, and having one of its arms held by and within the clamp and with its fastening ends at one end of such clamp, all as and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a loop-tab, the combination with the loop, a folded clamp arranged lengthwise of the ends of the loop, and holding said ends between its folds by being squeezed upon them, an attaching safety pin arranged lengthwise of the clamp, and having one of its arms held by and within the clamp, and with its fastening ends at the inner end of such clamp, all as and for the purposes set forth.

4:. In a loop-tab, the combination with the loop-holdin g clamp, of a safety-pin held within and by such clamp and parallel therewith, the clamp having a longitudinal depression or indentation parallel with the body of the 40 pin, all as and for the purposes set forth.

SALLIE A. SAEGER.

Witnesses:

H. B. YINGLING, J. O. YINGLING. 

